When Shao Zhongguang fled without a fight, the veteran Zhang Ling was on his way to Dachang, and had just arrived at Zhuyiping, when he suddenly received a report from the scouts, saying that Dachang had been lost, and Zhang Xianzhong's army was heading towards Kuizhou.

"Shao Zhongguang, this useless guy, can't even hold it for three days!" Zhang Ling was so angry that he almost fell off his horse, and immediately ordered the whole army to stop advancing.

After a while, another herald soldier Pegasus arrived, saying that Qin Liangyu was leading 30,000 white pole soldiers to rush here, and he would arrive the day after tomorrow, so that Zhang Ling would stay here and wait for help.

Hearing this news, Zhang Ling immediately relieved his heart, seeing that the terrain of Zhujiping was dangerous, surrounded by mountains and mountains, which was the main traffic artery of Jianzhou, Guangyuan, Chengdu and other places, Zhang Ling immediately ordered the whole army to camp in Zhuxiangping, to wait for work, and block the road for the righteous army to move westward.

In the early morning of the next day, the 20,000 forwards of Dingguo and Wenxiu also arrived at the boundary of Zhuyiping, and saw that there were officers and troops stationed here, Dingguo immediately ordered the whole army to be on alert, and went down to the village at the crossing about five miles away from Zhuxiangping, and sent scouts to find out the truth of this official army.

Hearing that the smoke and dust were billowing in front of him, Zhang Ling hurriedly climbed the watchtower and looked in the direction of the rebel camp, only to see that this rebel army was clearly dressed and armoured, and the soldiers were strong and strong, which was completely different from the rogues dressed like beggars he had seen in the past.

Zhang Ling was shocked and immediately walked down the watchtower. Seeing Zhang Ling's order, the generals gathered one after another, asking to defeat the Xiying Righteous Army in one fell swoop while its foothold was not stable.

However, Zhang Ling was unmoved, and stopped him sharply: "This town has fought a lifetime of war, how can you not know how to deal with the enemy?" The thief is extremely cunning, he has just laid down the land ridge, and he has broken Dachang, and his morale is flourishing, so he can't fight hard! You only need to hold the camp, and when their morale is relaxed, they will fight again, and the thieves will be defeated! And pass on the military order of this town, if there is a disobedience to the order and go out to fight without authorization, there will be no forgiveness! ”

Seeing that Zhang Ling strictly forbade him to fight, the generals showed frustrated expressions on their faces.

Zhang Ling tilted his head and pretended not to see it, and continued to order: "If the thieves just scold, don't pay attention; If the thief is within 100 steps of the village, he only needs to repel it with a fire gun and a strong crossbow; If the thieves start to attack the village, report to the town! ”

After giving the order, Zhang Ling immediately turned around and went back to the tent to rest.

In the afternoon, Zhang Xianzhong and Luo Rucai personally led the main army of the two battalions to Zhuyiping, Zhang Xianzhong asked the soldiers to bury the pot to cook, and called Dingguo to inquire about the situation of the officers and soldiers opposite.

After learning that it was the veteran Zhang Ling who led the troops, Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help but hate and said: "Bird! It turned out that it was Zhang Ling, an old immortal guy again! I couldn't kill him in Kejiaping before, but today the road is narrow, and this time Lao Tzu will let him be buried here! ”

"Father, according to the child's observation, Zhuyiping is surrounded by lofty mountains and mountains, deserted, and there is only one passage in front of it. Now that the officers and troops are camped at this choke point, the defense is tight, if we attack, I am afraid there will be great losses! But if you can't break the village, you can't drive west into Sichuan! Dingguo reported the situation he had just discovered to Zhang Xianzhong in 1510.

"In this case, let people go to the village to scold and provoke him to fight! When this old man leaves the turtle shell, he will concentrate his forces and beat him hard! Zhang Xianzhong touched his long hair and said without hesitation.

The decision was made, and Zhang Xianzhong immediately ordered Zhang Wenxiu to lead a thousand men and horses to approach Zhang Ling's camp to provoke; Another Zhang Kewang was sent to lead 2,000 troops and ambush him in the woods behind the mountain, only to wait for Zhang Ling to lose his breath and go out of the village to meet the battle, and he was caught off guard.

However, the strange thing is that no matter how the Xiying rebels insulted and shouted in front of the wall, the official army camp was always silent, and only occasionally someone poked their heads out of the middle of the battlements and looked out.

Seeing that the officers and soldiers could not shrink, Zhang Wenxiu took a hundred cavalry to test forward, and never thought that he had just walked into a distance of 100 steps, and the sound of killing suddenly broke out in the official army camp, and for a time arrows rained down and guns roared, and the soldiers of the western camp were caught off guard, more than half of the dead and wounded, and retreated in embarrassment.

Zhang Kewang thought that Zhang Linghui would lead the army to take advantage of the situation, and hurriedly ordered the ambush soldiers to prepare for the attack, but who knew that Zhang Wenxiu had just retreated a hundred steps away, and the officers and soldiers immediately stopped shooting, and silence returned to the camp.

Until sunset, seeing that Zhang Ling still refused to fight, in desperation, Zhang Xianzhong had to withdraw Zhang Wenxiu and Zhang Kewang's two teams back.

After the Xiying rebels withdrew, Zhang Ling sent a herald to each battalion to issue a strict order: all the soldiers were divided into three teams tonight, and they were on duty in turn, two of which were resting and one team patrolling, so as to increase their vigilance and prevent Zhang Xianzhong from leading the army to sneak attack.

However, the night was uneventful.

In the second half of the night, Zhang Xianzhong couldn't sleep, and when he wrapped his cloak around his body, he walked out of the big tent and climbed straight up the watchtower.

The soldiers on duty in the West Camp were standing on the watchtower yawning, suddenly heard a sound, looked back suddenly, and found that it was actually the coach Zhang Xianzhong who came up, and hurriedly shook his spirits, clasped his fists and saluted: "Respectful!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong signaled that he did not need to be polite, and then Zhang looked in the direction of the official army camp, only to see that the official army village was brightly lit and heavily guarded, and from time to time there were groups of officers and soldiers holding torches high and patrolling around the camp.

"Zhang Ling, this old thing, he really has a set of turtles!" Zhang Xianzhong looked at it for a long time and didn't see the loopholes in the official army camp, so he had to go down the watchtower with hatred.

Back in the old camp tent, Zhang Xianzhong was restless, and he never came up with a good way to break the enemy, so he sent a herald to Cao Ying to invite Luo Rucai to come to discuss, but he didn't expect that the herald had not yet come out of the account, and the Chinese army came in to report that Cao Shuai was coming.

"Good! It's really Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here! Zhang Xianzhong was overjoyed, hurriedly got up and walked out of the tent, grabbed Luo Rucai's shoulder, pulled him into the tent, and sat down next to the handsome case.

After Luo Ru sat down, Zhang Xianzhong anxiously asked: "Brother Luo, my old Zhang Zheng wants people to find you!" You said that Zhang Ling, an old turtle, couldn't defend it in Kejiaping last time, and today he played this set for Lao Tzu! Among our rebels, you Cao Cao has a lot of ideas, but what can be done to provoke him to fight? ”

Luo Rucai smiled and said confidently: "Jing Xuan, I knew that you were in a hurry, so I came to look for you overnight!" Don't worry, Zhang Ling will definitely fight tomorrow! ”

When Zhang Xianzhong heard this, he immediately became interested, and hurriedly asked, "Oh? What's the trick for my brother? Come and hear it! ”

Luo Rucai pretended to be mysterious and said: "Tomorrow, you will replace my Cao Ying's men and horses, if that order does not go to war, my Cao Cao's name will be read upside down from now on!" ”

"Birds! Don't bully me, Lao Zhang is uneducated! Isn't Cao Cao also Cao when he reads it upside down! Lao Tzu is anxious, but you are here to find Lao Tzu happy! Zhang Xianzhong pretended to be angry and smashed a punch into Luo Rucai's chest.

Luo Rucai saw that Zhang Xianzhong didn't believe it, and continued: "Brother, what I said is serious! Don't believe it! It's just that Zhang Ling, the old fox, will only be fooled once, if we don't kill him this time, it will be even more difficult to trick him in the future! ”

Seeing Luo Rucai's serious appearance, Zhang Xianzhong laughed heartily and said: "Brother Luo, don't worry, as long as you have a way to lure the old turtle out, I, Lao Zhang, can cut off his way back!" ”

Luo Rucai waved his hand again and again: "Definitely! It can't be achieved just to cut off his way back, this time he must end his dog's life! There is an urgent report from the horse, Qin Liangyu's old lady will arrive at noon tomorrow at the earliest, if you can't pack up Zhang Ling before Qin Liangyu arrives, and wait for the two of them to join forces, we will not be able to go through the road to Sichuan at all! ”

Zhang Xianzhong frowned, revealing a look of embarrassment: "Although the old turtle is old, he is very strong, and his archery skills are accurate, and there are more than a hundred Ding around him, all of them are willing to serve their lives, and for a while, if you want to kill him, I'm afraid it's not so easy!" ”

Luo Rucai blinked slyly: "Jing Xuan, come over with your ears!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong hurriedly leaned forward, and Luo Ru saw that there was no one around, so he whispered to Zhang Xianzhong: "Since ancient times, people who are good at shooting will despise the enemy who stands far away, and tomorrow they will choose a person who is good at shooting and invite them to come out to speak. ”

"What a plan! Brother, you are really Cao Cao! Zhang Xianzhong couldn't help but be amazed when he heard this, but after thinking about it again, he was worried, and then said, "It's just that the sky has fallen and the officers and soldiers have been lowered, who can take on this important task?" ”

Luo Rucai already had a suitable candidate in his heart, and when he saw Zhang Xianzhong asking, he said: "Jingxuan, I have a suitable candidate here, but I don't know if you are willing to let go, brother?" ”

"Birds! If there's a fart, let it go! As long as this matter can be done, even if it is the emperor Lao Er in the Jinluan Palace, I Lao Zhang can arrest you! Zhang Xianzhong asked impatiently.

Luo Rucai smiled slightly: "This person is none other than your brother's righteous son Zhang Dingguo." ”

"Hey! Don't say it, it's really reliable! Yes! Tomorrow morning, Lao Tzu will ask him to go to Cao Ying to report to you! Zhang Xianzhong slapped his thigh and laughed, "As long as Zhang Ling'er dies, let's take the opportunity to occupy the bamboo mushroom ping, and we can wait for Qin Liangyu's old lady!"

Luo Rucai nodded and said: "Whether you can enter Sichuan, success or failure depends on this battle, and tomorrow will depend on the country!" ”

Zhang Xianzhong leaned forward slightly, patted Luo Rucai's shoulder, and said confidently: "Brother Luo, you can rest assured, this baby in Dingguo is very stable!" With him, Zhang Ling's old turtle can't live tomorrow! ”

When the two finished discussing the details, it was already a rooster crow, Luo Ru stretched his waist, immediately said goodbye to Zhang Xianzhong, returned to his camp, and was about to lie down on the couch to sleep for a while, but a personal soldier walked in from outside the tent and reported: "Cao Shuai, General Zhang Dingguo of Xiying is asking to see you outside." ”

Hearing that Dingguo was coming, Luo Rucai suddenly lost his sleepiness, hurriedly got up from the couch, put on a robe casually, and shouted outside the tent: "Let him come in!" ”

After a while, Dingguo walked in quickly with his own soldiers, and when he saw Luo Rucai, Dingguo respectfully bowed to him: "Uncle Luo! On the orders of my father, my little nephew has come to listen to your dispatch with fifty Xiying brothers! ”

Luo Rucai stepped forward, grabbed Dingguo's hand, and asked with a smile: "Ning Yuxian's nephew!" I need you to go to Zhang Linglao'er today, and it turned out to be his life! This old man is a famous crossbow general in the Sichuan army, can you calm down in front of him, do not dare to look at his face, do not panic, and do not tremble in his hands? ”

Just before coming, Zhang Xianzhong had already told Dingguo about Luo Rucai's plan, and now when he heard Luo Rucai's question, Dingguo immediately patted his chest and swore and promised: "Uncle Luo, don't worry!" The little nephew has no cowardice among the tens of thousands of officers and soldiers, so what is an old man afraid of? ”

"It's not child's play! Zhang Ling Lao'er must have many family members around him to protect him, and you only have fifty brothers, you must stabilize your mind and succeed in one blow to have a chance of winning! Otherwise, not only will our plan fail, but even your life will have to be sent to the front! Luo Rucai was not very relieved, and told again.

Who knew that Dingguo smiled slightly: "Uncle Luo, the large number of people makes Zhang Ling Lao'er suspicious, these fifty people, the little nephew will not bring any of them, and he will do it alone, so he will not be wary of the left and right families!" ”

"Ning Yuxian's nephew, I know that you are brave, but whether you win or lose this move, it is all tied to you, can you do it alone?" Luo Rucai's eyes widened in disbelief.

"It is precisely because of the importance of the matter, the fewer the people, the more Zhang Ling can be kept on guard, and the greater the chance of success, Uncle Luo, you can rest assured!" Dingguo said categorically with his fists clenched.

Seeing that Dingguo was full of confidence, Luo Rucai thought for a long time, and finally nodded and agreed: "Okay, then according to what you say!" Now we are a thousand soldiers, and it is all up to you, so we must be foolproof! It's still early, you go to make up for a while, nourish your spirits, and after a while, after dawn, follow me to the front of the battle! ”

"Yes!" Dingguo agreed, and then turned to leave.

After waiting for Dingguo to withdraw, Luo Rucai slammed his fist on the table and said to himself: "Old turtle, today will make you die without a place to bury!" ”